The first movement of Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K 448, performed by Paavali Jumppanen and Elaine Hou, with an animated graphical score.FAQ

Q: Is this video in 3D?A: Maybe ... but probably not in the way you think. I offset the notes of the two pianos a little bit so that you could more easily see where they were playing in unison; this is not a 3D effect. However, I used reddish colors for one piano and bluish colors for the other, so if you view the video with Chromadepth 3D glasses, you will get some 3D effect. If you're interested in this, you can get the glasses here ...http://the3dmarket.com/collections/chromadepth... and here is my channel with videos specifically designed for Chromadepth 3D ...http://youtube.com/user/musanim3D

Q: What's the best way to watch this video?A: If you use the Google Chrome browser (and have a fast enough internet connection), you can take advantage of the HD 720, 60 frames per second mode (be sure to select it from the settings options).

Q: What do the colors indicate?A: In this video, colors are assigned based on pitch class, to highlight the shifts in tonality. You can read more about the system I use here:http://musanim.com/HarmonicColoring/

Study #37 for Player Piano by Conlon Nancarrow, accompanied by an animated graphical score.FAQ

Q: What version is this?A: I've put two versions of this video on YouTube. The first version ...https://youtube.com/watch?v=rMucnQSxPUk... is based on data directly from the published score (Schott ED 7685), entered by Chris Sansom. The second version ...https://youtube.com/watch?v=g0gNoELvpPo... incorporates data scanned by Trimpin from Nancarrow's original rolls. In the second version, the timings of the notes from the score were adjusted to match the roll timings as much as possible. In cases where notes were missing or incorrect on the rolls (as judged by the score), these were estimated or corrected. In one passage, where both the roll and the score have what appear to be the same octave error; I used the roll/score notes (and not Sansom's correction).

Q: What do the colors mean?A: In each of the twelve canons in this piece, the 12 voices have 12 tempi. Colors are assigned by voice, with dark blue corresponding to the fastest tempo.

Q: Why did you post two versions of this video?A: The Alexander String Quartet graciously let me use their recording, and I liked it a lot better than the recording I'd used before. For most pieces, I wouldn't bother, but this is a very special piece.

Q: What piece is this?A: This Chacone (Z. T680) was based on The Curtain Tune for strings from Purcell's Timon of Athens (Z. 632/20).

Q: What is a Chacone/Ground/PassacagliaA: These are all musical forms in which a repeating bass line (or harmonic pattern) is accompanied by free-composed (non-repeating) material. You can read more about this here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostinato

Q: What instrument is this?A: Booth is performing on a French harpsichord. The instrument was built in 1661, and was recently restored by Booth (who is an instrument maker as well as a performer).

Q: What do the colors in the bar-graph score mean?A: The colors indicate the "pitch class" of the notes; that is, every A-flat is a certain color (blue), every B-flat is a certain color (violet), etc. The piece is in the key of A natural, so there's blue at the beginning and end. The choice of colors is based on the "circle of fifths," which you can read about here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_fifthsThis method of coloring notes is described more here:http://musanim.com/mam/pfifth.htm

Q: What does this have to do with a g-string?A: The short answer is that many people know it by the name "Air on the G-string," so I put it in the title to help people find it. You can read more about this here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_on_the_g_string

Q: What is the real name of this piece?A: It is the second movement of Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, titled "Aria" ("Air" is the English word for "aria").

The Scherzo (3rd movement) of Robert Schumann's Piano Quintet in E-flat major, with an animated graphical score.FAQ

Q: Who is performing?A: Pianist Joyce Yang is performing with The Alexander String Quartet (Zakarias Grafilo and Frederick Lifsitz, violins, Paul Yarbrough, viola, and Sandy Wilson, violoncello). You can learn more about the Alexander Quartet here ...http://asq4.com/home.htm... and you can learn more about Joyce Yang here ...http://pianistjoyceyang.com/

Q: Who is performing?A: The Alexander String Quartet comprises Zakarias Grafilo and Frederick Lifsitz, violins, Paul Yarbrough, viola, and Sandy Wilson, violoncello. You can learn more about the group here:http://asq4.comIn this recording, the ASQ is joined by violist Toby Appel.

Q: Where can I learn more about the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet?A: Herehttp://lagq.com/

Q: What do the colors mean?A: Colors are assigned to pitches according to a system I call "harmonic coloring" in which the notes arranged in a circle of fifths are mapped to hues arranged in a color wheel. You can read more about this here:http://musanim.com/mam/pfifth.htmThe non-pitched sounds (percussion) are all colored gray. Here's a version in which color is assigned by instrument:http://youtube.com/watch?v=dE9x0hWA7ZI

Q: What do the shapes mean?A: The shapes indicate the manner of playing (pizzicato, harmonic, ordinario). For the percussion sounds, each finger is given its own shape (the one at the top is a finger with a ring on it, which makes it especially bright).

Back To The Future, Music Animation Machine Children's Concert (Holon, Israel, 2013)

Selected scenes from the Sounds of Childhood festival, held in Holon, Israel, September, 2013. In this, we see Ori Leshman conducting, with Etienne Abelin playing the role of Assistant To The Mad Scientist From The Future (played by Israeli comedian Edan Alterman; he's the one wearing the colorful wig) --- a Future in which music is only watched, not heard (which is the tie into the Music Animation Machine). The musical excerpts with the MAM include (in order of first appearance) ...

Three poems by Robert Herrick, set to music by Stephen Malinowski, with an animated graphical score.FAQ

Q: Who are the performers?A: The piece was performed January 31, 1991 (at a faculty recital in Music Building's Recital Hall at Cal State Hayward) by Tom Acord, tenor, Roberta Brokaw, flute, and Kenneth Z. Mansfield, harpsichord.

Q: Who are the performers?A: The Alexander String Quartet comprises Zakarias Grafilo and Frederick Lifsitz, violins, Paul Yarbrough, viola, and Sandy Wilson, violoncello. You can learn more about the group here:http://asq4.com

Q: What do the colors mean?A: Each pitch class (C, C-sharp, D, etc.) has its own color, arranged according to the "circle of fifths" so that changes in tonality can be seen; this system is described in more detail here:http://musanim.com/HarmonicColoring

Q: What do the shapes indicate?A: The shapes are assigned according to instrumental group:rectangle: brass (also timpani)octagon: clarinetellipse: fluteinverted ellipse: oboe and bassoonrhombus: strings

The third movement of Ludwig van Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, with a graphical score.FAQ

Q: What do the shapes indicate?A: The shapes are assigned according to instrumental group:rectangle: brass (also timpani)octagon: clarinetellipse: fluteinverted ellipse: oboe and bassoonrhombus: strings

Q: What do the shapes indicate?A: The shapes are assigned according to instrumental group:rectangle: brass (also timpani)octagon: clarinetellipse: fluteinverted ellipse: oboe and bassoonrhombus: strings

Q: What do the shapes indicate?A: The shapes are assigned according to instrumental group:rectangle: brass (also timpani)octagon: clarinetellipse: fluteinverted ellipse: oboe and bassoonrhombus: strings

The Queen of the Night's aria from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, with an animated graphical score.FAQ

Q: Who is performing?A: Sorry, I don't know. I licensed this recording from Premium Beats, and they didn't say anything other than "performed by the Apollo Symphony Orchestra" (which is not a real orchestra --- just a way of saying "anonymous").

Q: What do the shapes indicate?A: The shapes are assigned according to instrumental group:rectangle: brass (also timpani)octagon: clarinetellipse: fluteinverted ellipse: oboe and bassoonrhombus: strings

Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony, fourth movement (finale), performed by the Bezdin Ensemble, with a graphical score.FAQ

Q: What do the shapes indicate?A: The shapes are assigned according to instrumental group:rectangle: brass (also timpani)octagon: clarinetellipse: fluteinverted ellipse: oboe and bassoonrhombus: strings

Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony, third movement (scherzo), performed by the Bezdin Ensemble, with a graphical score.FAQ

Q: Why is it so jerky?A: Sorry about that; YouTube's playback is not very steady, and it shows up worst when there's smooth scrolling at a high speed (like in this video). You deserve better. Hmm... I tell you what I'm going to do; if you go here ...http://musanim.com/youtube/downloads... you'll be able to download a version of it that will run really smoothly on an iPad (it might also work on an Android tablet; I haven't tested that). You'll have to download the video to your computer and transfer to the iPad via iTunes; it's a hassle, I know, I hope that when you see it you'll think it was worth the trouble.

Q: What do the shapes indicate?A: The shapes are assigned according to instrumental group:rectangle: brass (also timpani)octagon: clarinetellipse: fluteinverted ellipse: oboe and bassoonrhombus: strings

Ludwig van Beethoven's Third Symphony, second movement (funeral march), performed by the Bezdin Ensemble, with a graphical score.FAQ

Q: What do the shapes indicate?A: The shapes are assigned according to instrumental group:rectangle: brass (also timpani)octagon: clarinetellipse: fluteinverted ellipse: oboe and bassoonrhombus: strings